Former Chief Brian Cordasco, 49, admitted that between 2021 and 2023, he raked in upwards of $5,000 in ill-gotten gains by expediting inspections by the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Former FDNY chief Brian Cordasco pleaded guilty to bribery charges related to a $190,000 scheme that traded FDNY favors for cash, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Brian Cordasco, a retired chief in the FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to accept bribes in exchange for expediting safety inspections.

Chief Brian Cordasco, 49, will also have to cough up $57,000 in ill-gotten gains from the bribery scam, which prosecutors said earned him and Chief Anthony Saccavino more than $190,000 in illegal ...

Retired chiefs Brian Cordasco, then 49, and his boss, Anthony Saccavino, 59, of Manhattan, were indicted Sept. 16 for their alleged graft that involved over 30 properties citywide from 2021 to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Federal prosecutors allege that two chiefs brazenly accepted bribes at FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn in a “pay to play” corruption scheme that squeezed nearly $200,000 ...

“I plead guilty, your honor,” Brian Cordasco, 50, said at a hearing in Manhattan federal court, just three weeks after being accused of leveraging his high-ranking post at FDNY’s Bureau of ...

Brian Cordasco, 49, of Staten Island, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to solicit and receive a bribe, a crime committed while he was a chief of the department's Bureau of ...

Chief Brian Cordasco, 49, will also have to cough up $57,000 in ill-gotten gains from the bribery scam, which prosecutors ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Former FDNY chief Brian Cordasco pleaded guilty to bribery charges related to a $190,000 scheme that traded FDNY favors for cash, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.